Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Governor of The Turks and Caicos Islands
Governor of The Turks and Caicos Islands
	Flag of the governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
	Incumbent; Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam; since 29 June 2023
	Viceroy
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	Charles III ; as King of the United Kingdom
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1973
First holder	Alexander Graham Mitchell

The governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the vice-regal representative of the head of state, His Majesty King Charles III. The Governor appoints the Premier and 5 members of the House of Assembly. The official residence of the governor is the Government House of Turks and Caicos Islands, located in Waterloo on the island of Grand Turk.

In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the islands' self-government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the Governor until self-government was restored in 2012.

The Governor has her own flag in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Union Flag with the territory's coat of arms superimposed.^[1]

History

The islands were a dependency of Jamaica until that colony received independence in 1962. Afterwards the governor of the Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973.

Governors of The Turks and Caicos Islands

Image	Name	Term
	Alexander Graham Mitchell	1973–1975
	Arthur Christopher Watson	1975–1978
	John Clifford Strong	1978–1982
	Christopher J. Turner	1982–1987
	Michael J. Bradley	1987–1993
	Martin Bourke	1993–1996
	John Kelly	1996–2000
	Mervyn Jones	2000–2002
	Cynthia Astwood (acting)	2002
	Jim Poston	2002–2005
	Mahala Wynns (acting)	2005
	Richard Tauwhare	2005–2008
	Mahala Wynns (acting)	2008 – 5 August 2008
	Gordon Wetherell	5 August 2008 – 22 August 2011
	Martin Stanley (acting)	22 August – 12 September 2011
	Ric Todd	12 September 2011 – 15 September 2013
	Anya Williams (acting)	15 September – 9 October 2013
	Peter Beckingham	9 October 2013 – 10 October 2016
	Anya Williams (acting)	10–17 October 2016
	John Freeman^[2]	17 October 2016 – 15 July 2019
	Nigel Dakin^[3]	15 July 2019 – 29 March 2023
	Anya Williams (acting)	29 March 2023 – 29 June 2023
	Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam	29 June 2023 – present

References

^ Grieve, Martin (26 June 2004). "Turks and Caicos: Governor's Flag". Flags of the World. Retrieved 5 August 2008. Governor's flag since 1999. Album depicts this and shows the shield's points touching the garaland and blue ribbon.
^ "Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands - July 2019". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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[flag-1] Grieve, Martin (26 June 2004). "Turks and Caicos: Governor's Flag". Flags of the World. Retrieved 5 August 2008. Governor's flag since 1999. Album depicts this and shows the shield's points touching the garaland and blue ribbon.

[2] "Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[3] "Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands - July 2019". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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